Object number
59/10/1-4
Title
Cribbage,
Description
These four plastic playing pieces - two red and two white - are from the card game cribbage. They are used with the cribbage board to keep the score. The game of cribbage was developed in the early-seventeenth century.
Physical description
4 cribbage counters: plastic; good condition
Archival history
MERL ‘Associated information’ form – ‘[insert] 59/10/1-4 [end insert] Name of Object: Cribbage counters // Age…: - Neg 60/2771 // Name and address of present owner: [...] // Description of use to which it was put…: 2 red & 2 white counters to go with board 59/9 [pencil sketch].'
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_2771.tif - High resolution image
